Transaction in Own Shares

FirstGroup plc

Transaction in own shares

FirstGroup plc ("FirstGroup") announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme (the "Programme") announced on 16 December 2022, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) through Liberum Capital Limited.

Date of Purchase	21 April 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	386,023
Weighted average price paid (p)	108.31
Highest price paid (p)	109.40
Lowest price paid (p)	107.10

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 36,223,880 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 714,406,199. FirstGroup initially intends to hold the purchased shares as treasury shares but may cancel them in the due course.

The total number of voting rights in FirstGroup, excluding treasury shares as at 21 April 2023 is 714,406,199. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, FirstGroup under the FCA’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Contacts at FirstGroup: Marianna Bowes, Head of Investor Relations David Blizzard, Company Secretary [e-mail] Tel: [phone]	Contacts at Brunswick PR: Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer Tel: [phone]
Contacts at Liberum Capital Limited: Nicholas How / John Fishley / William Hall  Tel: [phone]	Contacts at RBC Europe Limited: James Agnew / Jonathan Hardy / Jack Wood Tel: [phone]

Transaction details

Issuer name: FirstGroup PLC

LEI: 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

ISIN: GB0003452173

Classification: 2.4. Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares

Intermediary name: Liberum Capital Limited

Intermediary Code: RINFGB21XXX

Timezone: GMT

Currency: GBp

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), a breakdown of the individual trades made by Liberum Capital Limited on behalf of FirstGroup as part of the Programme is detailed below:

Aggregate information: 

Venue	Weighted average price (pence per share)	Aggregated volume
XLON	108.30	266,682
BATE	108.46	55,211
CHIX	108.09	39,309
TRQX	108.46	24,821

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:00:30	2,965	109.40	BATE
08:04:42	3,366	107.80	XLON
08:04:42	1,538	107.90	XLON
08:04:42	1,035	107.90	XLON
08:13:42	2,761	108.20	XLON
08:13:42	2,529	108.10	XLON
08:13:42	2,471	107.90	CHIX
08:13:42	536	108.20	XLON
08:15:42	800	107.40	XLON
08:15:42	800	107.40	XLON
08:15:42	541	107.40	XLON
08:16:52	2,129	107.40	XLON
08:30:32	5,141	107.40	XLON
08:30:32	2,327	107.40	XLON
08:30:35	657	107.40	XLON
08:30:50	1,081	107.40	XLON
08:31:00	1,081	107.40	XLON
08:31:00	16	107.40	XLON
08:34:50	2,432	107.70	XLON
08:38:55	2,291	107.60	XLON
08:39:11	2,749	107.50	CHIX
08:42:31	3,142	107.40	XLON
08:46:03	338	107.10	BATE
08:46:38	2,275	107.70	XLON
08:48:07	2,467	107.40	BATE
08:48:07	2,363	107.40	XLON
08:48:07	391	107.40	BATE
09:02:02	2,542	107.80	XLON
09:02:02	1,600	107.70	XLON
09:02:02	800	107.70	XLON
09:02:02	800	107.70	XLON
09:02:02	736	107.70	XLON
09:02:02	615	107.70	XLON
09:06:46	1,600	107.70	XLON
09:06:46	710	107.70	XLON
09:09:47	1,317	107.80	XLON
09:09:47	800	107.80	XLON
09:11:47	2,467	108.20	BATE
09:11:47	160	108.20	BATE
09:14:47	2510	108.00	XLON
09:15:07	1,839	108.00	CHIX
09:15:07	701	108.00	CHIX
09:18:48	2,578	108.00	XLON
09:19:47	3,003	107.90	BATE
09:23:48	2,319	107.70	XLON
09:23:48	304	107.70	XLON
09:31:10	2,371	107.70	XLON
09:38:18	2,119	108.00	XLON
09:43:18	2,537	108.20	XLON
09:48:18	2,351	108.20	XLON
09:56:18	2,620	108.20	XLON
09:59:21	1,438	108.00	CHIX
09:59:21	988	108.00	CHIX
09:59:21	90	108.00	CHIX
10:02:21	2,163	108.00	XLON
10:32:20	2,156	108.10	XLON
10:41:51	1,600	108.00	CHIX
10:41:51	1,146	108.00	CHIX
10:57:32	1	107.80	XLON
10:59:02	1	107.80	XLON
10:59:02	1	107.80	XLON
10:59:02	1	107.80	XLON
10:59:05	2	107.80	XLON
10:59:05	1	107.80	XLON
11:01:08	2,722	107.80	XLON
11:02:04	1,592	107.70	TRQX
11:02:04	1,147	107.70	TRQX
11:10:08	2,134	108.00	XLON
11:10:08	1,915	108.00	XLON
11:10:08	715	108.00	XLON
11:27:27	1,864	107.80	CHIX
11:27:27	673	107.80	CHIX
11:45:43	1,600	107.70	XLON
11:45:43	1,201	107.70	XLON
11:45:43	1,102	107.70	XLON
11:45:43	800	107.70	XLON
11:45:43	117	107.70	XLON
11:46:00	2,709	107.80	BATE
12:12:04	2,826	108.00	TRQX
12:18:56	3,011	107.90	CHIX
12:19:00	1,846	108.00	BATE
12:19:00	897	108.00	BATE
12:35:23	2,349	108.00	XLON
13:45:58	1,418	107.90	CHIX
13:45:58	1,215	107.90	CHIX
13:45:58	273	107.90	CHIX
13:46:04	1,637	108.00	TRQX
13:46:04	1,153	108.00	TRQX
14:06:48	1,679	108.10	XLON
14:06:48	833	108.10	CHIX
14:06:48	800	108.10	CHIX
14:06:48	800	108.10	CHIX
14:06:48	770	108.10	XLON
14:06:48	519	108.10	CHIX
14:06:48	399	108.10	XLON
14:06:48	362	108.10	XLON
14:06:48	171	108.10	XLON
14:06:48	142	108.10	XLON
14:07:04	1,421	108.20	TRQX
14:07:04	1,286	108.20	TRQX
14:45:53	3,215	108.10	CHIX
14:56:08	1,000	107.90	XLON
14:56:08	323	107.90	XLON
15:05:13	3,055	108.10	CHIX
15:09:33	8,667	108.10	XLON
15:09:33	1,408	108.10	XLON
15:09:33	800	108.10	XLON
15:09:33	312	108.10	XLON
15:09:33	312	108.10	XLON
15:09:36	399	108.00	XLON
15:09:38	2,103	108.00	XLON
15:09:38	1,420	108.00	XLON
15:17:33	2,222	108.00	XLON
15:17:33	1,841	108.00	XLON
15:17:33	399	108.00	XLON
15:22:55	2,573	108.00	CHIX
15:32:15	2,439	108.10	XLON
15:32:15	54	108.10	XLON
15:32:20	8,012	108.80	XLON
15:32:20	6,595	108.80	XLON
15:32:20	5,083	108.80	XLON
15:32:20	4,477	108.80	XLON
15:32:20	3,775	108.80	XLON
15:32:20	2,504	108.60	BATE
15:32:20	1,391	108.80	XLON
15:32:20	800	108.80	XLON
15:32:20	474	108.80	XLON
15:32:20	1	108.80	XLON
15:32:23	2,594	108.90	XLON
15:32:28	3,000	108.90	BATE
15:32:28	2,499	108.90	XLON
15:32:41	2,736	109.00	BATE
15:32:48	3,482	108.80	XLON
15:32:48	2,596	108.60	XLON
15:32:51	3,851	108.60	XLON
15:32:51	3,301	108.60	XLON
15:32:51	2,005	108.60	XLON
15:32:51	1,394	108.50	XLON
15:32:51	1,110	108.50	XLON
15:32:51	649	108.60	XLON
15:33:04	2,686	108.60	TRQX
15:33:04	2,511	108.60	XLON
15:33:04	1,990	109.00	TRQX
15:33:04	767	109.00	TRQX
15:39:04	3,283	108.50	XLON
15:41:52	2,824	108.20	XLON
15:42:25	4,067	108.20	XLON
15:42:25	3,502	108.20	XLON
15:42:25	2,400	108.20	XLON
15:42:25	2,190	108.20	BATE
15:42:25	1,942	108.30	BATE
15:42:25	1,600	108.20	XLON
15:42:25	700	108.30	BATE
15:42:25	125	108.20	XLON
15:42:29	2,646	108.20	XLON
15:42:29	239	108.20	XLON
15:43:27	3,788	108.60	BATE
15:43:27	1,884	108.60	BATE
15:43:27	1,747	108.60	BATE
15:43:27	1,612	108.60	XLON
15:43:27	1,600	108.60	XLON
15:43:27	1,582	108.60	XLON
15:43:27	567	108.60	XLON
15:44:27	2,528	108.40	XLON
15:44:27	1,740	108.40	XLON
15:44:27	613	108.40	XLON
15:47:04	3,188	108.70	TRQX
15:57:43	2,525	108.80	XLON
15:57:43	2,403	108.90	XLON
15:57:43	800	108.80	CHIX
15:57:43	800	108.80	CHIX
15:57:43	800	108.80	CHIX
15:57:43	609	108.80	CHIX
15:57:43	303	108.80	XLON
16:12:43	3,029	109.00	CHIX
16:12:43	2,235	109.00	XLON
16:13:45	3,184	108.90	XLON
16:18:26	3,014	108.90	BATE
16:19:25	2,550	109.30	TRQX
16:19:25	2,391	108.90	XLON
16:19:26	800	109.00	XLON
16:19:26	800	109.00	XLON
16:19:26	609	109.00	XLON
16:22:17	1,879	108.70	TRQX
16:22:17	699	108.70	TRQX
16:23:22	5,083	108.70	XLON
16:23:22	5,083	108.70	XLON
16:23:22	4,794	108.60	BATE
16:23:22	4,158	108.70	BATE
16:23:22	2,871	108.70	XLON
16:23:22	2,595	108.70	XLON
16:23:22	2,400	108.70	XLON
16:23:22	2,339	108.70	XLON
16:23:22	1,631	108.70	XLON
16:23:22	1,595	108.70	XLON
16:23:22	800	108.70	XLON
16:23:22	800	108.70	XLON
16:23:22	800	108.70	XLON
16:23:22	800	108.70	XLON
16:23:22	677	108.70	XLON
16:23:22	528	108.70	XLON
16:23:22	492	108.70	XLON
16:23:22	487	108.60	XLON
16:23:23	3,332	108.50	XLON
16:23:23	3,014	108.50	XLON
16:23:27	4,224	108.70	XLON
16:23:27	1,600	108.70	XLON
16:23:27	1,517	108.70	XLON
16:23:27	800	108.70	XLON
16:23:27	781	108.70	XLON
16:24:57	3,382	108.50	XLON
16:27:33	2,813	108.50	BATE
16:28:57	2,698	108.40	BATE